Podcasts about World music

In this episode of The Bandwich Tapes, I reconnect with conductor and educator Aaron Kula, who shaped my summers in the Chautauqua Youth Orchestra at the Chautauqua Institution in New York in 1994 and 1995. We talk about what it means to trust young musicians with major repertoire, including the time we took on Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, and what that experience taught me about preparation, accountability, and confidence. Aaron shares his philosophy for building ensemble culture: learning every student's name, holding individuals responsible while serving the collective, and making the rehearsal process both rigorous and engaging. We dig into how his multi-genre musical life, from classical training to folk and ethnic traditions, and his deep connection to Jewish music, shaped the way he hears rhythm, style, and culture inside the orchestra. Aaron also explains how conducting changes when moving from the concert stage to ballet, how tempo becomes a real-time collaboration with dancers, and why a conductor has to know when to lead, when to release, and when to stay out of the players' way. This conversation is equal parts music, mentorship, and reflection, and a reminder that the seeds teachers plant can continue to grow for decades. I'm grateful for the chance to say thank you, and for the lessons from those summers that still guide how I work with students and teams today.To learn more about Aaron, visit his website. Thank you for listening. If you have questions, feedback, or ideas for the show, please email me at brad@thebandwichtapes.com.

Playlist: The Mavericks - What Am I Supposed To DOAltin Gün - Neredesin SenKillabeatmaker, LaGuadeloupe - Gaita HembraAkiko Yano - Ike, YanagidaBill Brennan & Andy McNeill - Three PathsQais Essar & Sonny Singh - Jo MangheGruff Rhys - Cân I'r CymylauMurmorosi Quartet - Choho Pole PochorniloAlex Cuba - Tiempo Para VivirKaleta & Super Yamba Band - AyinonviKing Lou - FacadeElektro Hafiz - Bébé, mange tes morts - Dj Bey RemixCarolina Chocolate Drops - Here RattlerOthman Wahabi - Catfish Blues (Black Snake Version)GA-20 - My Baby SweeterMariel Buckley - Somewhere ElseNeko Case - Baby, I'm Not (A Werewolf)Tamada - GogovSigur Rós, featuring Sidney Satorsky - Hoppipolla - The Tape VariationsLindal - CalúsRhiannon Giddens, Justin Robinson - Hook and LineJason Noble & Steve Cowan - We Never Told Nobody/2 Songs From Newfoundland No. 1 River DriverThe Kasambwe Brothers - Ndibwino (It Is Good)Veranda - J'entends Ton NomThe Mello Joy Boys, The Lost Bayou Ramblers - Mello Joy Boys Theme SongThe A.M.'s - Here Comes That Broken HeartCaptain Planet, featuring Azuka Moweta and His Anioma Brothers Band of Africa - Kamsi

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you'll hear the answer to the question about the water hyacinths in Ghana. There's The Sound Kitchen mailbag, your answers to the bonus question on “The Listeners Corner” with Paul Myers, and a tasty musical dessert on Erwan Rome's “Music from Erwan”. All that and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week. Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr  Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all! Facebook: Be sure to send your photos for the RFI English Listeners Forum banner to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr More tech news: Did you know we have a YouTube channel? Just go to YouTube and write RFI English in the search bar, and there we are! Be sure to subscribe to see all our videos. Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you! Our website “Le Français facile avec rfi” has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bilingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard. Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”, and you'll be counselled on the best-suited activities for your level according to your score. Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service, told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it”. She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it! Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts! In addition to the breaking news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more. There's Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, the International Report, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We also have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service.  Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our excellent staff of journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with! To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone. To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show.   Teachers take note!  I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below.  Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in all your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload! This week's quiz: On 8 November, I asked you a question about an article sent to us by RFI English correspondent Michael Sarpong Mfum, who reports for us from Ghana. His article, “Invasive water hyacinths choke wildlife and livelihoods in southern Ghana”, is about the water hyacinth, a free-floating aquatic plant native to the Amazon River basin in South America. It's also one of the world's most invasive species. The water hyacinth has found its way to Ghana, notably Lake Volta, a vast reservoir behind a hydroelectric dam that generates much of the country's power. Your question was: What are the consequences for Ghana's Eastern and Volta regions from this hyacinth invasion? What did Jewel Kudjawu, the director of the EPA's Intersectoral Network Department, warn about? The answer is, to quote Michael's article: “Jewel Kudjawu, director of the EPA's Intersectoral Network Department, warned that the weed's uncontrolled growth has dire consequences for aquatic life, fishing communities and hydropower production.” In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question: What was the best week of your life? Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI Listeners Club member Radhakrishna Pillai from Kerala State, India. Radhakrishna is also the winner of this week's bonus question. Congratulations on your double win, Radhakrishna. Be sure and look at The Sound Kitchen and the RFI English Listeners Forum Facebook pages to see the stamps from Bhutan with Radhakrishna's picture! Also on the list of lucky winners this week are Debjani Biswas, a member of the RFI Pariwar Bandhu SWL Club in Chhattisgarh, India, and RFI Listeners Club member Mahfuzur Rahman from Cumilla, Bangladesh. Rounding out the list are RFI English listeners Shihabur Rahaman Sadman from Naogaon, Bangladesh, and Bashir Ahmad, a member of the International Radio Fan and Youth Club in Khanewal, Pakistan. Congratulations winners! Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: Music for the Royal Fireworks by George Frederick Handel, performed by Le Concert des Nations conducted by Jordi Savall; “Igbo Highlife”, produced by Mr. Zion; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and “Lança Perfume” by Roberto de Carvalho and Rita Lee, sung by Rita Lee. Do you have a music request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr This week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read Jan van der Made's article “EU Council president rejects political influence in US security plan”, which will help you with the answer. You have until 26 January to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 31 January podcast. When you enter, be sure to send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number. Send your answers to: english.service@rfi.fr or Susan Owensby RFI – The Sound Kitchen 80, rue Camille Desmoulins 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux France Click here to find out how you can win a special Sound Kitchen prize. Click here to find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club. 

1) People help the People. Mentre a Gaza i palestinesi lottano con la tempesta Byron, in Israele un gruppo di famiglie prova a tendere una mano. (Ayelet Lerman - Gaza Support Network) 2) Gli scomparsi della Siria. Nel paese che prova a guardare avanti, centinaia di famiglie stanno ancora cercando i propri cari spariti nel buco nero della dittatura. (Emanuele Valenti) 3) Stati Uniti, sulla guerra in Ucraina Trump non vuole perdere tempo, né con Zelensky né con gli europei. Ma nemmeno tra i repubblicani sono tutti convinti della sua dottrina. (Roberto Festa) 4) Dopo 12 anni, il Portogallo torna in piazza con il primo sciopero generale dai tempi delle Troika. Tre milioni di persone in strada contro una riforma che rende il lavoro più precario. (Goffredo Adinolfi - univ. Lisbona) 5) Il primo social media ban del mondo. In Australia milioni di bambini e ragazzi under 16 non possono più creare un account sui social network. (Stefano Girola) 6) World Music. Dal Portogallo Lina, l'artista di Porto che fa rivivere il fado. (Marcello Lorrai)

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00:00:00  1 Bar Shaked – Night Run (Extended Mix) 00:06:12  2 Two Are / Saint Code / Binaryh – Another Love (Binaryh Remix) 00:11:33  3 Two Are / Saint Code / Mario Eighta – Another Love (Mario Eighta Remix) (feat. Mario Eighta) 00:15:14  4 Amir Telem – I’m Here to Stay 00:20:40  5 Two Are / Saint Code – Another Love 00:26:00  6 Amir Telem – Secrets 00:33:14  7 Amir Telem;Ben Monday – Going North (Ben Monday Remix) 00:40:09  8 Flavio – Moon Dust (Extended Mix) 00:45:59  9 Amir Telem – Going North 00:51:48 10 Julien Vertigo – Egøs (Extended Mix) 00:56:59 11 Solvane & Prismode – Achos (Mollono.Bass Remix) 01:02:07 12 Brett Kelso – Touch You (Extended Mix) 01:09:03 13 Solvane & Prismode – Achos (Atric Remix) 01:14:31 14 Solvane & Prismode – Achos

Welcome to another special edition of our Buzz's Book Club week where Buzz shares top recommendations of new books on music, just in time for your holiday shopping. Join Buzz Knight on “Takin’ A Walk” for an extraordinary conversation with legendary music producer and author Joe Boyd, whose new book “And the Roots and Rhythm Remain: A Journey Through Global Music” chronicles decades of discovering and championing world music. From producing Pink Floyd’s first singles and Nick Drake’s timeless albums to founding Hannibal Records and bringing global artists to international audiences, Boyd’s career reads like a roadmap of modern music history. In this episode, Boyd takes us on a sonic journey across continents, sharing stories from his groundbreaking work with artists like Toumani Diabaté, Ali Farka Touré, and the Incredible String Band. The conversation explores how traditional music from Mali, Brazil, Bulgaria, and beyond has influenced contemporary sounds, and why these ancient roots and rhythms continue to resonate in today’s music landscape. Boyd discusses the cultural and political forces shaping world music, the challenges of preserving traditional sounds in a globalized world, and his experiences documenting music from remote villages to major concert halls. From his early days at the UFO Club in 1960s London to recent field recordings in Africa and South America, Boyd offers insights into what makes music transcend borders and generations. Listeners will discover behind-the-scenes stories from Boyd’s legendary production work, his philosophy on authentic music preservation versus commercial adaptation, and why he believes the roots and rhythm of traditional music hold keys to understanding our shared humanity. Whether you’re a world music enthusiast, a student of music history, or simply curious about sounds beyond the mainstream, this episode offers a masterclass in listening deeply and thinking globally.Support the show: https://takinawalk.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to another special edition of our Buzz's Book Club week where Buzz shares top recommendations of new books on music, just in time for your holiday shopping. Join Buzz Knight on “Takin’ A Walk” for an extraordinary conversation with legendary music producer and author Joe Boyd, whose new book “And the Roots and Rhythm Remain: A Journey Through Global Music” chronicles decades of discovering and championing world music. From producing Pink Floyd’s first singles and Nick Drake’s timeless albums to founding Hannibal Records and bringing global artists to international audiences, Boyd’s career reads like a roadmap of modern music history. In this episode, Boyd takes us on a sonic journey across continents, sharing stories from his groundbreaking work with artists like Toumani Diabaté, Ali Farka Touré, and the Incredible String Band. The conversation explores how traditional music from Mali, Brazil, Bulgaria, and beyond has influenced contemporary sounds, and why these ancient roots and rhythms continue to resonate in today’s music landscape. Boyd discusses the cultural and political forces shaping world music, the challenges of preserving traditional sounds in a globalized world, and his experiences documenting music from remote villages to major concert halls. From his early days at the UFO Club in 1960s London to recent field recordings in Africa and South America, Boyd offers insights into what makes music transcend borders and generations. Listeners will discover behind-the-scenes stories from Boyd’s legendary production work, his philosophy on authentic music preservation versus commercial adaptation, and why he believes the roots and rhythm of traditional music hold keys to understanding our shared humanity. Whether you’re a world music enthusiast, a student of music history, or simply curious about sounds beyond the mainstream, this episode offers a masterclass in listening deeply and thinking globally. Takin’ A Walk: In-depth music interviews exploring the stories and music history behind the songs. Check out our other shows Music Saved Me hosted by Lynn Hoffman Comedy Saved Me hosted by Lynn Hoffman Takin A Walk Nashville hosted by Sarah Harralson Part of IHeartpodcastsSupport the show: https://musicsavedme.net/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Here we are! The OOTW Awards for this Year are out. Best 10 World Music albums, best Production and best Live Performance, all in alphabetical order. OOTW Playlist 798 OOTW Awards 2025 Page 1 OOTW Awards 2025 Page 2  

Playlist: Juanes, Bomba Estéreo - MuérdemeNacer - Malou MalouAlex Cuba - Seré FelizThe Dwarfs of East Agouza - Double MothersRedline Trio - UnderdogGruff Rhys - Saf Ar Dy SeddMurmorosi Quartet - Kotyku SirenkyiMariachi El Bronx - RIP RomeoDedeler - Ağlayı Ağlayı (Dost Beni Gönder)GA-20 - Chicken Pickin'Mariel Buckley - Nashville NowKing Lou - Vagabond StorieJoão Leão - Preto ColoridoAretha Tillotson - Sad Junie (To Highway Jake)Qais Essar & Sonny Singh - Lal Meri PatThe Kasambwe Brothers - Mtima Wanga (My Heart)Hitomi - I Love You Shika OmoitsukanaiAntti Paalanen - BogglerBig Sandy, Deke Dickerson - Get The Gravy HotMungo's Hi Fi, featuring General Levy - Gideon BootYat-Kha - Haiyrakan (Mountain Spirit-Hider)Lagartijeando - BuenaventuraImprover, Taras Stanin - Change (In The House of Flies)(Single)

Two hours of music variety: Hip Hop, R&B, House, Pop, Dance, Dancehall/Reggae, Soca, Old Skool, World Music, Remixes, and anything else that is bangin', along with interviews and different segments. Major label, Independent, unsigned, Mainstream and Underground, Digital files or Vinyl, it doesn't matter, good music is good music. If you expect to hear two hours of the same thing this isn't tha show for you. Everyone else, let's hang out and listen to some music.

Two hours of music variety: Hip Hop, R&B, House, Pop, Dance, Dancehall/Reggae, Soca, Old Skool, World Music, Remixes, and anything else that is bangin', along with interviews and different segments. Major label, Independent, unsigned, Mainstream and Underground, Digital files or Vinyl, it doesn't matter, good music is good music. If you expect to hear two hours of the same thing this isn't tha show for you. Everyone else, let's hang out and listen to some music.

EDICIÓN EUROPEA · WORLD MUSIC CHARTS EUROPE ‘Lista Europea de Ritmos Étnicos' DICIEMBRE 2025 NOURA MINT SEYMALI • NUSANTARA BEAT • DIVANHANA • LIVIA MATTOS • LE VENT DU NORD • SAODAJ • VERONIKA VARGA • AMIRA KHEIR • ŠIROM • SLOVENIA • LINA & MARCO MEZQUIDA

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you'll hear the answer to the question about women's concerns in Côte d'Ivoire. There are your answers to the bonus question on “The Listeners Corner”, Ollia Horton's “Happy Moment”, and a tasty musical dessert on Erwan Rome's “Music from Erwan”. All that and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week. 2026 is right around the corner, and I know you want to be a part of our annual New Year celebration, where, with special guests, we read your New Year's resolutions. You must get your resolutions to me by 15 December to be included in the show. You don't want to miss out! Send your New Year's resolutions to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr  Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all! Facebook: Be sure to send your photos for the RFI English Listeners Forum banner to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr More tech news: Did you know we have a YouTube channel? Just go to YouTube and write RFI English in the search bar, and there we are! Be sure to subscribe to see all our videos. Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you! Our website “Le Français facile avec rfi” has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bilingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard. Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”, and you'll be counselled on the best-suited activities for your level according to your score. Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service, told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it”. She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it! Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts! In addition to the breaking news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more. There's Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, the International Report, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We also have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service.  Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our excellent staff of journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with! To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone. To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show.   Teachers take note!  I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below.  Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in all your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload! This week's quiz: On 1 November, I asked you to listen to RFI English journalist Melissa Chemam's podcast Spotlight on Africa: “Inside Côte d'Ivoire's pivotal election: voices of hope and uncertainty”. Melissa had traveled to Côte d'Ivoire to cover their presidential election and talked to a wide variety of people about their hopes, their fears, and their desires for their country. Near the beginning of the show, Melissa talks about women who, she says, were very involved in the campaigns – as event organizers, supporters, and mothers. Melissa enumerates the main concerns of the Ivorian women – and that was your question. What are the four main concerns the women of Côte d'Ivoire voiced during the presidential campaign? The answers are, as Melissa noted in her podcast, work, school for kids, childcare, and healthcare. In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question: How do you make friends as an adult? Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI Listeners Club member Father Stephen Wara. Father Stephen is also the winner of this week's bonus question. Congratulations on your double win, Father Steve! Also on the list of lucky winners this week are RFI Listeners Club members Zenon Teles, the president of the Christian – Marxist – Leninist - Maoist Association of Listening DX-ers in Goa, India; Radhakrishna Pillai from Kerala State in India; Helmut Matt from Herzbolheim, Germany, and last but not least, Dipita Chakrabarty from New Delhi, India. Congratulations winners! Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: “Tapez fort” produced by DJ Tevecinq; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer; “Happy” by Pharrell Williams;  “Little Toot” by Allie Wrubel, sung by the Andrews Sisters, and “Little Rootie Tootie” by Thelonious Monk, performed by Monk and the Thelonius Monk Trio.  Do you have a music request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr This week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read Jan van der Made's article “On NATO's eastern flank, Romania finds itself at the crux of European security”, which will help you with the answer. You have until 19 January to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 24 January podcast. When you enter, be sure to send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number. Send your answers to: english.service@rfi.fr or Susan Owensby RFI – The Sound Kitchen 80, rue Camille Desmoulins 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux France Click here to find out how you can win a special Sound Kitchen prize. Click here to find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club. 

1) “Una delle cose più preoccupanti mai viste”. In audizione a Capitol Hill i deputati statunitensi ascoltano l'ammiraglio accusato di aver ordinato il doppio raid su un'imbarcazione venezuelana. (Roberto Festa) 2) Nessuno mette Modi in un angolo. Il premier indiano riceve Putin a Delhi nel tentativo di rimarcare la sua indipendenza in politica estera e di incunearsi nel rapporto tra Mosca e Pechino. (Nicola Missaglia - ISPI) 3) Congo, mentre Trump riceve alla casa bianca i leader congolese e ruandese per i nuovi accordi di pace, Stati Uniti e Unione Europea stanno finanziando la costruzione di una ferrovia per il trasporto di minerali critici. (Alice Franchi) 4) Francia, la strategia di Macron contro lo strapotere mediatico di Bolloré. La proposta del presidente di “etichettare” i media scatena una polemica sulla libertà di stampa. (Francesco Giorgini) 5) World Music. Nusantara Beat, la band indonesiana-olandese che fa rivivere il pop dell'isola del pacifico. (Marcello Lorrai)

В этом выпуске мы попытаемся раскрыть новые горизонты хаус музыки попытаемся узнать за счёт чего он так популярен в ночных клубах и на пляжных вечеринках какова должна быть селекция этих композиций, чтобы толпа оказался под контролем артиста, который управляет настроением и ритмам ночи и где нужно учиться контролировать толпу? Этот микс создан с помощью революционного приложения для ди-джеев под названием «DJ Studio». Это приложение сочетает всё что нужно современному диджею для того, чтобы сэкономить кучу времени и создать по истине музыкальное полотно студийного уровня всего за пару кликов https://www.tiktok.com/@vladpositive94 https://www.facebook.com/vladpositivedj https://www.instagram.com/romodandj/ 1⃣ JP Lantieri – Twenty Something (Rick Pier O’Neil Remix) [Flemcy Music] 2⃣ Azotti – Aurora Borealis (Original Mix) [Club Family Records] 3⃣ JP Lantieri – Stellar (Original Mix) [Flemcy Music] 4⃣ JP Lantieri – The Dark Side [Flemcy Music] 5⃣ JP Lantieri – Thirty Something (Aaron Suiss Remix) [Flemcy Music] 6⃣ Not Demure – Ostinato (Morttagua Remix) [Flemcy Music] 7⃣ Ornery – Evolution (Original Mix) [Flemcy Music] 8⃣ REX STAX, Lizwi – Lion [KHB Music Promotion] 9⃣ KONSTANTA – The Steppe Shaman (Original Mix) [Neostatics Vision] Mary Mesk – Lift Your Hands [Axiom Music]

1. (Intro) Ian A Anderson : Goblets & Elms2. Rowan Rheingans : A Way To Pass The Time3. Dick Gaughan : Farewell To Whisky4. Syran MBenza : Caro Ya Maniema5. The Zawose Queens : Sauti Ya Mama6. Ye Vagabonds : On Sitric Road7. Hen Ogledd : Scales Will Fall8. L'Antidote : Dates, Figs And Nuts9. Seán Mac Erlaine & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh : Old Segotia10. Neba Solo & Benego Diakite : Djinê Mogo Tiki11. Guitari Baro : Lamban Blues12. Suntou Susso feat. Vieux Farka Toure : Joulou Fola13. Murmurosi : U Nedilyu Rano14. Júlia Kozáková : Rumunska15. Alula Down : High Germany16. John Kirkpatrick & Sue Harris : The Willow Tree17. The Haar : Star Of The County Down18. Nusantara Beat : Kalangkang19. Eje Eje  : Oyun Çorbasi20. Lisa O'Neill : The Bleak Midwinter21. Winter Wonderband : The Darkest Midnight In December22. Tamsin Elliott : Turning Of The Year // The Meeting Tree23. Muluqèn Mèllèssè : Bèné Mot24. Joseph Kamaru : Karolina25. La Cumbia Chicharra : El Gusto26. Nuevos Rios : Sumba Ale27. Aoife Ni Bhriain & Cormac McCarthy : Ducko

Playlist: Toumastine, Mdou Moctar - Attiba (Ephemeral)Qais Essar & Sonny Singh - Khabaram Raseeda ImshabMong Tong - Feng ShiHitomi - Exotic YokagaoVarious, featuring Mergen Mongush - Sigit - AlashMurmorosi Quartet - KarpatskaArthur Smith and His Crackerjacks - Guitar BoogieThe Kasambwe Brothers - Ahedi (Head Teacher)Gruff Rhys - Pan Ddaw'r Haul I ForeRebecca Foon, featuring Patrick Watson - You Have Known Beyond This TimeMélissa Laveaux - salt water so sweetLe Winston Band - Quelle Belle JournéeTim Williams - Slide Guitar RagJimmy Cliff - You Can Get it if You Really WantTodd Snider - SunshineAlex Cuba - Ella es OroJoão Leão, featuring Passarim, Tika, Kika, Igor Caracas & Alex Tea - BangalôAdrian Quesada, featuring Trish Toledo - Hoy Que LluevePiers Faccini & Ballaké Sissoko - Special Rider BluesMandolin Sisters - BrahmmamokkateDhafer Youssef - Rose FragranceLorrie Matheson - I'm Not Buyin'Mariel Buckley - Sick of MyselfTaj Mahal - Statesboro BluesShinyribs - Shitty Music

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you'll hear the answer to the question about the OTHER famous theft from the Louvre Museum. There are your answers to the bonus question on “The Listeners Corner”, and a tasty musical dessert on Erwan Rome's “Music from Erwan”. All that and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week. 2026 is right around the corner, and I know you want to be a part of our annual New Year celebration, where, with special guests, we read your New Year's resolutions. You must get your resolutions to me by 15 December to be included in the show. You don't want to miss out! Send your New Year's resolutions to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr  Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all! Facebook: Be sure to send your photos for the RFI English Listeners Forum banner to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr More tech news: Did you know we have a YouTube channel? Just go to YouTube and write RFI English in the search bar, and there we are! Be sure to subscribe to see all our videos. Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you! Our website “Le Français facile avec rfi” has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bilingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard. Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”, and you'll be counselled on the best-suited activities for your level according to your score. Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service, told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it”. She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it! Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts! In addition to the breaking news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more. There's Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, the International Report, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We also have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service.  Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our excellent staff of journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with! To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone. To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show.   Teachers take note!  I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below.  Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in all your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload! This week's quiz: On 25 October, just days after the famous theft of the French crown jewels from the Louvre, I asked you a question about another famous theft from the Louvre. You were to re-read our article “Paris police hunt Louvre thieves after priceless jewels vanish in daring heist”, and send in the answers to these three questions: Which artwork was stolen from the Louvre in 1911, and by whom? How did he do it? The answers are, to quote our article: “In 1911, the Mona Lisa famously vanished from its frame, spirited away by Vincenzo Peruggia, a former museum employee who hid overnight in a broom cupboard and simply walked out with the painting under his coat.” Interesting fun fact, also in our article: The Mona Lisa at that time was not a famous painting at all. Because the theft made global headlines, when it was recovered two years later in Florence, it had become the most famous painting in the world. In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question: What “Instant Karma” incident have you been involved in?   Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI Listeners Club member Jayanta Chakrabarty from New Delhi, India. Jayanta is also this week's bonus question winner. Congratulations on your double win, Jayanta. Also on the list of lucky winners this week are Naved Rayan, the president of the RFI Fan Club in Murshidibad, India. There are RFI Listeners Club members Sahadot Hossain from Kishoreganj, Bangladesh and Karobi Hazarika from Assam, India, and last but not least, RFI English listener Khizar Hayat Shah, the president of the Sadat Listeners Club in Punjab, Pakistan. Congratulations winners! Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: The “Hunting Song” from Felix Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words Op.19 No.3, performed by Daniel Barenboim; the theme from To Catch a Thief by Armando Trovajoli; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and “The Harder They Come” by Jimmy Cliff, performed by Jimmy Cliff and his ensemble.   Do you have a music request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr This week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read our article “France says goodbye to star pandas going back to China”, which will help you with the answer. You have until 12 January to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 17 January podcast. When you enter, be sure to send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number. Send your answers to: english.service@rfi.fr or Susan Owensby RFI – The Sound Kitchen 80, rue Camille Desmoulins 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux France Click here to find out how you can win a special Sound Kitchen prize. Click here to find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club. 

1) “Il mondo non deve lasciarsi ingannare: a Gaza il genocidio non è finito”. Il nuovo rapporto di Amnesty International ci chiede di non voltare la faccia dall'altra parte. (Riccardo Noury - Amnesty Italia) 2) Negligenza e corruzione. Cosa c'è dietro l'incendio del complesso residenziale di Hong Kong costato la vita a decine di persone. (Ilaria Maria Sala, giornalista e scrittrice) 3) Stati Uniti, l'attacco di Washington potrà avere effetti a lungo termine sulle politiche migratorie dell'amministrazione Trump e sulla vita di migliaia di migranti. (Roberto Festa) 4) Francia, dall'estate 2026 torna il servizio militare volontario. Il presidente Macron ha annunciato oggi quello che sembra più che altro un segnale politico e strategico. (Francesco Giorgini) 5) Spagna, una marea di studenti e professori in piazza a Madrid contro i tagli alle università pubbliche. La regione della capitale, guidata dalla destra, è quella che spende meno per gli studenti in tutto il paese. (Giulio Maria Piantedosi) 6) World Music. Entre Ilhas, l'album che celebra diversità e affinità musicali degli arcipelaghi della Macaronesia. (Marcello Lorrai)

1. Gareth Emery pres. LSR/CITY – before you go (Extended Mix) [Create Music Group] 2. Thomas Schumacher – Tiger (Original Mix) [Spiel-Zeug Schallplatten] 3. Armin van Buuren & Sunnery James ft. Ryan Marciano – You Are (Extended Mix) [Armada Music] 4. Armin van Buuren pres. Rising Star feat. Betsie Larkin – Again (Andrew Rayel Extended Remix) [Armind] 5. MRPHLNDR D – Tune (Extended Mix) [A State of Trance] 6. Alter (AU), Bolotin – Our World (Trilium Remix) [Axiom Music] 7. Alter (UA), Bolotin – Our World [Axiom Music] 8. Beatsole – Velvet Fall (Extended Mix) [nomads music] 9. Lomax & Arni – We Are Free (Extended Mix) [Ablazing Deep]

Enjoy this week's episode with LA SANTA, head honcho of Redolent Music, along with CHUS, DJ & producer influenced by Classical Music, Jazz, Bossa Nova, Soul, and World Music. This amalgamation of cultures allowed her to blend them into a unique scent. She creates a unique and extraordinary sense of belonging, enhanced through an inner journey. Her DJ sets are filled with sensitivity, harmony, high doses of groove, drums & ethnic roots. She has shared the DJ booth with the best international Electronic djs at the moment such as The Martinez Brothers, Seth Troxler, Blond:ish, CHUS, Dennis Ferrer, Deborah De Luca, Oscar L, Audio Fly or Birds Of Mind to name a few. La Santa expands her energy & grooves all over the world with her continuous plays at Ibiza, Tulum, El Cairo, Guatemala, Panama, Bali, India, Morocco... La Santa & Chus recently launched Slave To The Rhythm, an event curated by Stereo Productions & Redolent debuting on the Island of Gods, Bali and have been already in Miami... La Santa, Pio de Nicola - Namanga Masaki Morii - The Beginning of the Matsuri House Of TUNEMAN, Bid On Us - Lagos Allan Nunez - Tambora REDOLENT Ali Coleman - Shamanic Vibration Genairo Nvilla - Aries (Extended Mix) Bontan - La Candelaria Hyenah, Mr. V - 3rd Eye (Raw Beat Edit) Dennis Cruz - El Sueño (Mon Amour Remix) DJ DALI, Eden Shalev - Shava (Extended Mix) Pablo Fierro - Disco Copa Emmanuel Jal, MoBlack, Wail Bouri - Beledna (Extended Mix) Fiona Kraft, Angelos, Robert Owens - Soul Free This show is syndicated & distributed exclusively by Syndicast. If you are a radio station interested in airing the show or would like to distribute your podcast / radio show please register here: https://syndicast.co.uk/distribution/registration

Two hours of music variety: Hip Hop, R&B, House, Pop, Dance, Dancehall/Reggae, Soca, Old Skool, World Music, Remixes, and anything else that is bangin', along with interviews and different segments. Major label, Independent, unsigned, Mainstream and Underground, Digital files or Vinyl, it doesn't matter, good music is good music. If you expect to hear two hours of the same thing this isn't tha show for you. Everyone else, let's hang out and listen to some music.

Two hours of music variety: Hip Hop, R&B, House, Pop, Dance, Dancehall/Reggae, Soca, Old Skool, World Music, Remixes, and anything else that is bangin', along with interviews and different segments. Major label, Independent, unsigned, Mainstream and Underground, Digital files or Vinyl, it doesn't matter, good music is good music. If you expect to hear two hours of the same thing this isn't tha show for you. Everyone else, let's hang out and listen to some music.

Playlist: Da Cruz - Nosso PaisThe Dwarfs of East Agouza - TitularAcid Arab, Cem Yildiz - Atlas (Suray Remix)SANAM - TatayoumOlkan & La Vipère Rouge - Tango MontrougeAlex Cuba, featuring Chabuco - Te Llevo AdentroEmpanadas Ilegales - ChancletazoLamia Yared & Efrén López - Btoulto Mor YacoubJoão Leão - Preto ColoridoZig Zag Band - Rudo RwemariNusantara Beat - Di PantaiKing Lou - King's RansomMandolin Sisters - BhashmabhooshithangaNoura Mint Seymali - Ch'tib (Naha)Red Baraat - Thums Up (Kahani Mix)Bill Brennan & Andy McNeill - Cloud ForestLorrie Matheson - Something or SomeoneMariel Buckley - Swim PracticeColter Wall - Memories and EmptiesJake Vaadeland - Everybody Loves My Little DarlingToumastine, Mdou Moctar - Attiba (Ephemeral)Gotan Project - Época (Chancha Via Circuito Remix)Ko Shin Moon, featuring Sarah Husein - Wa'wy Ya ThibaGofret - Uyghur Land

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you'll hear the answer to the question about the Gen Z demonstrations in Morocco. There are your answers to the bonus question on “The Listeners Corner” with Paul Myers, and a tasty musical dessert to wrap it all up.  All that and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week. 2026 is right around the corner, and I know you want to be a part of our annual New Year celebration, where, with special guests, we read your New Year's resolutions. So start thinking now and get your resolutions to me by 15 December. You don't want to miss out! Send your New Year's resolutions to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr  Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all! Facebook: Be sure to send your photos for the RFI English Listeners Forum banner to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr More tech news: Did you know we have a YouTube channel? Just go to YouTube and write RFI English in the search bar, and there we are! Be sure to subscribe to see all our videos. Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you! Our website “Le Français facile avec rfi” has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bilingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard. Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”, and you'll be counseled on the best-suited activities for your level according to your score. Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service, told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it”. She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it! Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts! In addition to the breaking news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more. There's Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, the International Report, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We also have an award-winning bilingual series - an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service.  Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our excellent staff of journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with! To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone. To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show.   Teachers take note!  I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below.  Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in all your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload! This week's quiz: On 18 October, I asked you a question about Morocco, where the young people are demanding reforms on education and health care, as well as tackling corruption and a cost-of-living crisis. You were to re-read our article “Morocco Gen Z protesters call for 'peaceful sit-ins' to demand reforms”, and send in the answers to these two questions: What happened in the city of Agadir that lit the flame of the protests in September? And what is the combined cost the kingdom spent on renovating or building the stadiums for the Africa Cup of Nations and the FIFA World Cup? The answers are, to quote our article: “The protests erupted in late September, after the deaths of eight pregnant women during Caesarean sections at a hospital in Agadir, in southern Morocco, sparked anger over conditions at public health facilities.”  And for the second question: “Economist Najib Akesbi says there is a fundamental problem in how resources are allocated. ‘The needs of the majority of the population are clearly not being prioritised,' he told RFI. ‘Instead, ostentatious, prestige-driven spending is favoured. That's the great imbalance.' The country's large-scale sports infrastructure – the stadiums built or renovated for the Africa Cup of Nations and the FIFA World Cup, with a combined budget of nearly €2 billion – are the most striking examples, Akesbi argued. ‘The big problem in Morocco is that we invest massively, but often in projects that are not profitable, that generate neither sufficient growth nor enough jobs,' he says.” In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question: What is your favorite memory of your grandparents?   Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI Listeners Club member Helmut Matt from Herbolzheim in Germany. Helmut is also the winner of this week's bonus question. Congratulations on your double win, Helmut. Also on the list of lucky winners this week are Reepa Bain, a member of the RFI Pariwer Bandhu SWL Club in Chhattisgarh, India, and Rubi Saikia, a member of the United RFI Listeners Club in Assam, also in India. Last but not least, there are RFI English listeners Zeeshan, a member of the International Radio Fan and Youth Club in Khanewal, Pakistan, and Zhum Zhum Sultana Eva, from Naogaon, Bangladesh. Congratulations winners! Here's the music you heard on this week's program: Polonaise op 2, no 2 by Dionisio Aguado, performed by Julian Bream; “Raqsa cha'abya”  by Abderrahman el Hadri, performed by el Hadri and his ensemble; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and “Tune for T” by Laurent de Wilde, performed by de Wilde and the New Monk Trio. Do you have a music request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr This week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read our article “Louvre Museum in Paris shuts gallery over structural safety fears”, which will help you with the answer. You have until 15 December to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 20 December podcast. When you enter, be sure to send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number. Send your answers to: english.service@rfi.fr or Susan Owensby RFI – The Sound Kitchen 80, rue Camille Desmoulins 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux France Click here to find out how you can win a special Sound Kitchen prize. Click here to find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club. 

Leonardo Filippini – Framed In Silence (Extended Mix) [Neostatics Vision]  ODYSSAY – On My Way (Original Mix) [ODA Recordings] DIM3NSION, Kadett – Turning (Extended Mix) [ A State Of Trance] Rex Stax – Yaro [Club DJ Promotion – Pool] Armina – The Voices [IAMT Music Group] Rex Stax – Duba [Club DJ Promotion – Pool] Tenaj – Dance with the Shadows [Axiom Music] Amir Telem, Rhytmograph, Smile (UA) – Alma [Axiom Music] Armina – Rhythm Space [IAMT Music Group] Spartaque, As Ide – Love Between Us [IAMT Music Group] Spartaque, Greenjack, As Ide – Broke Up With My BF [IAMT Music Group] Ben Deeper, Anvero – No More Mistakes [IAMT Music Group] JP Lantieri – Bolero (Extended Mix) [Flemcy Music] GENIOS, Che Boy – My Crew [IAMT Music Group] GENIOS, Che Boy – Goes Auround [IAMT Music Group]

Как перестать смотреть на себя глазами, полными чужих стандартов, и начать воплощать свою настоящую красоту — ту, что рождается из тела, любви, здоровья и связи с собой?В этом эпизоде у меня в гостях Перукуа — певица, автор 11 альбомов, создательница женских практик и настоящая легенда жанра World Music.Мы поговорили о том, как вернуть себе голос, перестать жить в программе "хорошей девочки", выйти из зависимости от внешнего одобрения и трендов и снова почувствовать красоту как поток жизни и энергии, идущий изнутри.

How do you stop seeing yourself through eyes filled with someone else's standards — and begin embodying your true beauty, the kind that is born from the body, love, health, and connection with yourself?In this episode, my guest is Peruquois — a singer, author of 11 albums, creator of women's practices, and a true legend in the world of World Music.We talk about how to reclaim your voice, stop living in the “good girl” program, break free from the need for external approval and trends, and once again feel beauty as a flow of life and energy coming from within.

1) Striscia di Gaza. Il cessate il fuoco sempre di più un miraggio. Nelle ultime 24 ore l'esercito israeliano ha ucciso almeno 30 persone, la maggior parte erano bambini. 2) ”Noi restiamo qui“ reportage da “Nabi Samwil”, il villaggio palestinese nei pressi di Gerusalemme assediato dai coloni. 3) Ucraina. Donald Trump adotta il piano russo e spinge Kiev verso la capitolazione. Il punto di Esteri 4) Belem2025. Mancano poche ore alla chiusura della Cop30, cresce l'attesa per il documentale finale. 5) Madrid, 20 novembre. 50 anni fa la morte del dittatore Franco. Oggi la sua eredità - neofascismo e revisionismo – va a gonfie vele grazie a TikTok. 6) World Music. Dalla Mauritania “Yenbett“ dell'artista Noura Mint Seymali, un album femminista con un mix di musica tuareg e sonorità moderne.

Playlist: Mandolin Sisters - VathapiSchnieke - Se GahLamia Yared & Efrén López - Domyo IdtoNickodemus, Jungle Brothers, Mamadou Tangoudia - AfrokineticJoão Leão - ConstelaçãoThe Dwarfs of East Agouza - Swollen ThanklesMike Tod - Lyke Wake DirgeAra Kekedjian - Seta, SetaThe Budos Band - Lair of 1000 SerpentsWoodlands Backafall - AtherfieldSamantha Schmütz & Adrian Younge - Quando Sol ChegarMariel Buckley - AnvilLorrie Matheson - Mission to InglewoodFreak Motif - Tierra (Oonga Remix)Various, featuring Sargeant x Comrade - Hail MarySANAM - Sayl DameiRed Baraat - Bhangra Rangeela (Adil Omar Remix)W.I.T.C.H - Once in a LifetimeNusantara Beat - Kupu KupuVarious, featuring Ruben Ramos, Los Texmaniacs, Augie Meyers - Ay Ai AiOri Kaplan, Daniel Haaksman - Sahara Express (Daniel Haaksman Remix)Bizimungu Dieudonne - Inzovu Y'ImirindiThe Clash - The Call-Up (Remastered)

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you'll hear an interview with Lisa Waller Rogers about her new book When People Were Things: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Abraham Lincoln, and the Emancipation Proclamation, so click the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week. Historian Lisa Waller Rogers, whom you'll hear from today, has just published a book about the long fight to end slavery in the United States. Called When People Were Things: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Abraham Lincoln and The Emancipation Proclamation, it is published by Barrel Cactus Press. I hope you can find it where you live. You might also look for Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, the novel that put the spotlight on what slavery really was.  It sounds early, but it's not. 2026 is right around the corner, and I know you want to be a part of our annual New Year celebration, where, with special guests, we read your New Year's resolutions. So start thinking now, and get your resolutions to me by 15 December. You don't want to miss out! Send your New Year's resolutions to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr  Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all! Facebook: Be sure to send your photos for the RFI English Listeners Forum banner to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr More tech news: Did you know we have a YouTube channel? Just go to YouTube and write RFI English in the search bar, and there we are! Be sure to subscribe to see all our videos. Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you! Our website “Le Français facile avec rfi” has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bilingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard. Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”, and you'll be counseled on the best-suited activities for your level according to your score. Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service, told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it”. She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it! Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts! In addition to the breaking news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more. There's Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, the International Report, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We also have an award-winning bilingual series - an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service.  Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our excellent staff of journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with! To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone. To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show.   Teachers take note!  I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below.  Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in all your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!   Click here to find out how you can win a special Sound Kitchen prize. Click here to find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club. 

1) Cisgiordania occupata. I palestinesi non hanno nessuno su cui contare. Oggi l'esercito israeliano anon ha ucciso due bambini a Beit Ummar, a nord di Hebron. 2) Stati Uniti. Le mail di Epstein sempre di più una spina al fianco di Donald Trump. 3) Parigi, 13 novembre 2015. dieci anni fa l'attacco dell'Isis alla generazione Bataclan. 4) Belem2025. Nella prima bozza della Cop 30 una roadmap per l'uscita graduale dai combustibili fossili entro un decennio. (Alice Franchi intervista Sara Segantin) 5) World Music. “Diamanti neri“ il nuovo album della sudanese Amira Kheir.

Playlist: Noura Mint Seymali - TassiritBen Aylon - Savanna RoadThe Dwarfs of East Agouza - Goldfish MolassesJuana Molina - la paradojaRed Baraat, featuring Delicate Steve - Bhangale (Nick Catchdubs Remix)Lorrie Matheson - By the Light of the Lamp of the PoorMariel Buckley - LuckySargeant x Comrade - Kick it With You (Paper)Jade Elephant - That Much is ClearZulu Stereo - Kente Acid TestAlex Cuba - Palabras VacíasKhruangbin - Dern Kala iiSessa - Nome de DeusAdrian Quesada, featuring Gepe & Zoe Gotusso - Te Vas y Yo DejoRich Brown - The Kingdom of Heaven is WithinEtienne Charles - Gullypso (Merikin)Zig Zag Band - MangaingaiBab L' Bluz - Bangoro (Gitkin Remix)SANAM - GoblinWoodlands Backafall - Hanter droSaagara, featuring Waclaw Zimpel, Giridhar Udupa, Shackleton - God of Bangalore - The Shackleton VersionConstantinople - And The Glacier Answers QuietlyT'Monde - je me suis mariéLess Toches - Un Guaro

1) “Il cessate il fuoco è una bugia”. Dopo un mese dall'accordo, da Gaza ci raccontano una situazione molto diversa dalla pace. Niente cibo, niente acqua e niente sicurezza. (Fatima da Khan Younis) 2) Lo shutdown più lungo della storia degli Stati Uniti. Da domani il traffico aereo verrà tagliato del 10%, e l'incertezza economica impatta sempre più pesantemente sulla vita degli americani. (Roberto Festa) 3) “Ho perso il conto di quanti ne abbiamo accecato”. Un'inchiesta dei giornali francesi Mediapart e Liberation svela comportamenti sadici e violenti della polizia in una manifestazione del 2023 a Sainte-Soline. (Francesco Giorgini) 4) Belem 2025, ultima chiamata. Diario dalla Cop30: le piccole isole del pacifico lottano con l'arma del diritto internazionale per difendere la propria sopravvivenza. (Alice Franchi) 5) World Music. “Fake Line: Sono Levant”, 36 tracce e altrettanti artisti mediorientali in una compilation contro il genocidio a Gaza e i “falsi confini” coloniali (Marcello Lorrai)

Unwind and Reconnect with "Return to Prayer Source" | Healing Music Podcast Episode 134 Episode Description: Find your sanctuary in sound with Episode 134 of the Healing Music Podcast. This episode features our original composition, "Return to Prayer Source," a profound and beautiful track designed to guide you back to a place of inner stillness and peace. Weaving together the ancient, sacred vibrations of Tibetan chants with ethereal female vocals, this piece creates a powerful foundation for deep meditation and spiritual connection. The music is enveloped in a warm, modern soundscape that fuses the best of ambient, new age, and subtly rhythmic Tibetan pop elements. The result is a unique "deep sleep" atmosphere that is both grounding and uplifting. Use this episode for: Deep Sleep & Insomnia Relief: Let the repetitive mantras and drifting harmonies lull you into a restful, uninterrupted sleep. Guided Meditation & Prayer: The non-intrusive, fluid structure is perfect for focusing the mind during meditation or enhancing your prayer practice. Anxiety & Stress Reduction: Use this as a sonic tool to lower cortisol levels, calm a racing heart, and ease daily tensions. Yoga & Mindfulness Practice: Create a serene environment for your yoga flow, tai chi, or any mindful movement. Background Focus Music: Enhance your concentration at work or study by drowning out distractions with peaceful, uplifting sounds. Featured Genres: Sleep Music, Meditation Music, Tibetan Chants, Ambient, New Age, Deep Relaxation, Female Vocal Mantra, World Music, Tibetan Pop. Subscribe to the Healing Music Podcast for a weekly dose of sonic serenity and unlock your path to a more relaxed, centered, and joyful life.

La lettura di due poesie di Pier Paolo Pasolini, a 50 anni dal suo assassinio, si unisce alle nostre esplorazioni musicali al chiaro di luna. I due componimenti poetici dell'autore friulano sono tratti dalla raccolta "Poesie" pubblicata nel 2021 da Garzanti.Qui il link per l'ascolto della playlist musicale >> https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5X8mzq8szJNnLybyyO6w4F?si=uUkhhYE3TFqi_1sonthqVA&pi=bNh4kuP6QW21yPLAYLIST:Bonobo - SapienRival Consoles - World Turns- Lettura - Pier Paolo Pasolini, Senza te tornavo w/ Barrie - Hard CandyHVOB & Winston Marshall - Hands AwayGodugong ft. Washé, Dj Khalab - Autana- Lettura - Pier Paolo Pasolini, Lo scandalo del contraddirmi w/ Alsogood & Kuranes - Back HomeNino Gvilia - NicoleWhitemary - Abisso-Dialect & Lyz Cooper - Sonic Sunrise, The Ultimate AlarmJB Dunckel - TranshumanityThe Smile - The SmokeMaria Chiara Argirò - GreenarpCaterina Barbieri - Broken MelodyFloating Points - GrammarMoon Safari, esplorazioni musicali e poetiche al chiaro di luna - Stagione 12. Puntata in onda sabato 15 e domenica 16 marzo 2025.Un programma di e con Claudio Petronella in onda su RBE radio TV (fino al mese di giugno 2025) ogni sabato alle 23 in replica ogni domenica alle 22. Info su podcast, frequenze FM, DAB, TV e audio video streaming su www.rbe.it 

Playlist: YĪN YĪN - Lecker SongPiqsiq - Mahaha: Tickling DemonBloodshot Bill - Release the BeastBacao Rhythm & Steel Band - Stranger Things ThemeFumaça Preta - Pupillas DilatadasVarious, featuring Lord Executor - Seven Skeletons found in the YardThe Dwarfs of East Agouza - Neptune AnteaterWyzaker - Cemetary GhostWyzaker - Mutant Macabre Magazine (Issue #1)Various, featuring Fanfare Ciocărlia, Iulian Canaf - I Put a Spell on YouAndy Narell And Relator - Love in the CemetaryAmadou & Mariam - La Vie est BelleGinger Beef - Hocus PocusMariel Buckley - HeadroomPatrick Watson, featuring Solann - Ça vaRebecca Foon & Aliayta Foon-Dancoes - Eternal IRich Brown - SowetoeiraGeorge Crotty Trio - Heart MusicElyot - Weird NeighbourBluerock Junction - Cactus BabyDennis Kamakahi - Ko'olau 'UiWaahli - KourajAlex Cuba, featuring Roberto Vizcaino Jr. - Espiritu TembaChris Butcher, Jay Douglas, Dubmatix - Messenger (Dubmatix Throwback Mix)Red Baraat - Thums UpSANAM - Sayl Damei

1. (Intro) Ian A Anderson : Goblets & Elms2. Roberta Gulisano : A Ccu Apparteni3. Saodaj : Adyé Véli4. Lisa O'Neill : The Wind Doesn't Blow This Far Right5. The Thorn : Fountain6. Steve Gunn : Hadrian's Wall7. Jason Steel feat. Nancy Wallace : Polly On The Shore8. La Litanie Des Cimes & Mah Damba  : Jarabi9. Cheikh Lô : Bamba Moofi Djouli Guedj10. Kerry Smith : Blood And Gold11. Anna Ling : Nothing Is Lost12. William Jack : Portocello13. Floating Sofa Quartet : Dragon14. Elin A Carys : Y Gwylliaid15. Le Vent Du Nord : Le Pari De Jeanne16. Charles Sonko : Ani Atakyanifako17. Zig-Zag Band : Nyamutamba Newambwe18. The Kasambwe Brothers : Getu (Gertrude)19. Laurel Premo : Aiwa20. Frankie Archer : The Demon Lover21. Veronica Varga : Feher Galamb22. Mishra & Deepa Shakthi : Kala Doria23. Esther Swift : Hope24. Los Originarios Del Plan : Hermosa Lupita (Beautiful Lupita)25. 11 Hours : January26. Alex Lord : Day Trip To Argentina27. Hungrytown : Footprints28. United Bible Studies : Roar No More29. 'O Rom feat. Marcello Coleman : Pummarola30. Carley's Wreck And Ruin : In My Time Of Dying31. Sokratis Sinopoulos & Yannis Kirimkiridis : Romanian Dance

In this episode, I am honoured to host multi-award winning Scottish Trad fiddler Ryan Young about authenticity, excellence and how to keep going when people say you can't do it. We talk about the parallels of music, sport and dog sport in pursuing your passion and the inevitable obstacles one must overcome. Check out his links, his music, and his bio below.You can find Ryan at Website - www.ryanyoung.scot Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RyanYoungFiddleRyan in concert - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bV2B8UDnhw Here's a bit about Ryan:Ryan Young brings new and exciting ideas to traditional Scottish music, receiving international praise for his spell-binding interpretations on the fiddle. His debut album (Ryan Young) was recorded with four time GRAMMY winner Jesse Lewis (who has worked with the likes of Bela Fleck and Yo Yo Ma) and launched at Feakle Traditional Music Festival in County Clare, accompanied by renowned guitarist, Dennis Cahill (Martin Hayes; The Gloaming). Ryan was nominated for Album Of the Year at the 2024 MG ALBA Scots Trad Awards for his album "Just A Second"; Live Act Of The Year at the 2023 Awards, and for Musician Of The Year at the 2022 Awards.Ryan brings new life to very old, often forgotten tunes by playing them in his own unique way. He sings through the fiddle and his playing is often described as poetry without words. Ryan's music is brimming with fresh melodic ideas, an uplifting rhythmic drive and a great depth of dynamics and precision. His sound is very distinctive and takes the listener on an emotional and adventurous journey in any performance. He has toured extensively across the UK, Europe, North America and Australia delighting audiences wherever he goes.Ryan holds both a first class honours and a Masters degree from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, was twice a finalist in the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards, and twice a finalist in the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of The Year. He was awarded ‘Up And Coming Artist Of The Year' at the Scots Trad Awards in 2017, nominated for the Horizon Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2018 and awarded Folking.com's Musician Of The Year title, also in 2018.Further MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards nominations include Album Of the Year, and Folk Band Of The Year. Ryan Young was also the only UK artist selected to perform at the prestigious World Music conference, WOMEX, in 2019.“...a force of nature” ***** (5 STARS) The Scotsman “I have known Ryan for many years and have watched his steady progress from student to accomplished fiddle player. He has created his own unique way of playing and is finding great emotional depth in his native Scottish Music. Ryan Young is an up and coming musician who is gaining more and more well deserved recognition. I feel that he hasthe potential to make a very significant contribution to the Scottish tradition.” - Martin Hayes“In live performance, Young can appear possessed by his music. This may be a studio recording….but it captures Young in full, zestful flight, crisply accompanied by guitarist Craig Irving. Echoes of Irish mentor Martin Hayes - the swooping lilt and slow burn - can be heard…” ***** (5 STARS) The Scotsman“Ryan's music is inflected with a magical, lyrical quality. When he plays he radiates a hypnotic effect that is truly wonderful” - Duncan Chisholm'Being a fiddler myself I have heard many,...

Playlist: Kutiman - Pastoral MelancholiaCaptain Planet, featuring DRM - Master PlanSANAM - Hadikat Al AmsRed Baraat - Crown of SpadesThe Budos Band - Curse of the Ivory FangWoodlands Backafall - SkogsmarschSargeant x Comrade - Mr. ManSotomayor - Who's TherePatrick Watson, featuring Klô Pelgag - Ami ImaginaireBluerock Junction - Blue MoonlightDidon - EzzinaVarious Artists, featuring Lakou Mizik - PozePoirier, featuring Djely Tapa, Bosq - Wili (Bosq Remix)Orchestra Gold - DakanSuzumeno Tears, featuring HARIKUYAMAKU - Kawaigaranse (HARIKUYAMAKU Remix)The Womack Sisters - I Just Don't Want You (To Say Goodbye)Le Vent du Nord - FleuveChicha Libre - Rica ChichaMontparnasse Musique - ZoweMariel Buckley - SunflowersThe James Hunter Six, featuring Van Morrison - Ain't That a Trip

Martina Fuchs international business journalist, DJ, and Guinness World Record holder, joins Grammy-nominated producer Maejor and The Frequency School to release ‘The 195', the first song in history featuring women from all 195 countries, recorded in 528 Hz ‘Love Frequency' to promote women's empowerment, global unity, and holistic wellness. I had the wonderful opportunity to sit down and have an in-depth chat, tune in now. :) Martina Fuchs is an international business journalist, music executive, Guinness World Records holder, expert on China and the Middle East, and speaks 9 languages.   She currently works as a Europe business correspondent for China's news agency Xinhua, co-founder of the Frequency School with U.S. Grammy-nominated music producer Maejor, consultant for the IMD business school, and advisor for the Lang Lang International Music Foundation. Based in London, Zurich, and Dubai, Martina also serves as a board member for the Montreux Jazz Festival China and is the brand ambassador for Switzerland's premium chocolate retailer Läderach. Apart from being a global citizen and world traveler, she is also a music DJ and set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title in 2025 (“Most nationalities to contribute vocals to a musical recording”) for the “195” - the first song in history featuring women from all of the world's 195 countries. Martina speaks 9 languages, including: German, French, English, Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Swahili. Social media: LinkedIn (Top Voice, 36K followers): https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinafuchsglobal/ Instagram (57K followers): https://www.instagram.com/martina_fuchs_global/   ABOUT THE FREQUENCY SCHOOL: The Frequency School was created at the renowned international boarding Aiglon College in Switzerland in 2024 by U.S. Grammy-nominated and multi-platinum music producer Maejor, and co-founders Martina Fuchs, Kingsley M, Brandon Lee, and Aaron Dawson. Our pioneering concept is designed to harness the transformative power of music for the holistic development of people focusing on the mind, body, and spirit. We provide music-based wellness services and resources, promoting not only their mental and physical health but also their spiritual wellbeing. Through services like music therapy, education, and performance, we empower individuals to lead balanced, healthy, and fulfilling lives. The approach integrates the latest in music therapy with traditional wellness practices to support the whole person. In January 2025, we set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for: “Most nationalities to contribute vocals to a musical recording (single song)” The “195” is the first song in history featuring women from all of the world's 195 countries and using the 528 Hz ‘Love' sound healing frequency. Using the sounds of birds and the heartbeat as instrumental elements, the “195” aims to raise awareness about gender equality, and promote women's empowerment and female leadership. The "195" Song  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxCn0c9W5V4 Social media:  https://www.instagram.com/thefrequencyschool/ www.linkedin.com/company/the-frequency-school  https://frequency.school     She's All Over the Place Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/shesallovertheplacepodcast https://www.chonacas.com/links/    

1) L'Unione Europea approva il 19esimo pacchetto di sanzioni alla Russia, mentre tutto tace su Israele. A Gaza, però, nonostante il cessate il fuoco gli aiuti continuano a non entrare. (Chawki Senouci, Valeria Schroter) 2) Stati Uniti, anche San Francisco nel mirino di Trump. Il presidente Usa invia gli agenti dell'immigrazione e il governatore Newsom risponde: “Ti denunceremo”. (Roberto Festa) 3) “Cedere non sarà mai più consenso”. L'assemblea generale francese approva l'inclusione del consenso nella definizione di stupro e violenza sessuale. (Veronica Gennari) 4) Ungheria 1956 – 2026. Nell'anniversario della rivoluzione contro l'Unione Sovietica a Budapest marciano da un lato gli orbanisti e dall'altro l'opposizione, dando il via alla campagna elettorale. (Stefano Bottini - Uni. Firenze) 5) Il mondo in periferia. E' iniziato oggi il festival del giornalismo esteri dell'Associazione Gli Asini. (Giuliano Battiston) 6) World Music. Venerata dal popolo e temuta dal regime: per il centenario dell'artista cubana Celia Cruz, nessuna commemorazione. (Marcello Lorrai)

Playlist: Hot 8 Brass Band - Respect My MindW.I.T.C.H - KamusaleOlkan & La Vipère Rouge - Crocodile LogoAladean Kheroufi - All The SameSargeant x Comrade - River - Mo Gravy MixParchman Prison Prayer - MC HammerImmy Owusu - Spiritual WarLos Pirañas - El Nuevo RometeoFaithNYC - I Stood UpWayne Patrick Garrett - After PartyJairus Sharif - MawuQuantic - Eko-Eko (DJ-Kicks)

Eric Somers-Urrea. Eric is a Chicago based drummer but also gets around to Nashville and LA, founding member of the band Marina City, and also plays with other touring acts including La Armada and Makeout. He was born and raised in the Chicago area and studied at the University of Illinois. In this episode, Eric talks about: The evolution of his band Marina City Getting a classical degree and exploring world genres at University of Illinois Being a “75% member” of La Armada The influence of Mike Portnoy and Josh Freese Starting to narrow the focus of his wheelhouse Working on a better mindset when improvising solos ⁠⁠Here's our Patreon⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Here's our Youtube⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Here's our Homepage

1) “Non fermiamo i nostri sforzi fino a che non finirà il genocidio”. La Global Sumud Flottilla continua la sua navigazione verso Gaza, mentre crescono gli allarmi per altri attacchi con droni. (Valeria Schroter) 2) Parlare della Palestina senza la Palestina. Mentre Netanyahu viene accolto a New York, Abu Mazen parla all'Onu in video messaggio. (Chawki Senouci) 3) Francia, Nicolas Sarkozy andrà in carcere. L'ex presidente francese condannato a 5 anni per associazione a delinquere. (Veronica Gennari) 4) La Gen Z si ribella anche in Ladakh. Nella regione himalayana dell'india i più giovani fanno scoppiare le proteste più violente degli ultimi anni. (Nicola Missaglia - ISPI) 5) Diario americano. La furia vendicativa di Trump si scaglia contro l'ex direttore dell'FBI James Comey che aveva già licenziato nel 2017 nel pieno del russiagate. (Roberto Festa) 6) World Music. I remember I forget, il nuovo album della cantante libanese Yasmine Hamdan (Marcello Lorrai)

Carrie asks Tanya about her experience taking World Music Pedagogy training this past summer.

Lalitha Ramamoorthy is the CEO of Hikigai - a health AI platform transforming care by making it globally equitable and deeply personalized for every individual. Also, she is a registered dietician, health coach and founding director of School of World Music & Dance.

Do you know the genre World Music? It blends classical musical traditions with modern elements, creating something that feels both new and yet familiar. Which Slovak bands have made their mark on the global World Music scene? Radio FM editor Vladimír Potančok, who has been following this topic for years, will tell us more — and he'll also invite you to the 10th edition of the World Music Festival in Bratislava, taking place in the capital at the end of September. In the second part of the show, we'll once again look at a personality whose name you can also find on Slovak street signs. This time, the spotlight will be on the storyteller Pavol Dobšinský.

Abhay shares a conversation with virtuoso tabla artist Ojas Adhiya, who shares insights into his life as a musician, discussing the importance of routine, the balance between music and life, and the connection he feels during performances. He reflects on the evolution of his listening skills, the impact of AI on music, and the delicate balance between tradition and innovation in tabla. Ojas also shares personal anecdotes, including his experiences on stage and his fond memories of the late Zakir Hussain, emphasizing the importance of relationship building and openness in music.(0:00 - 2:35) Introduction(2:35) Part 1 - routines and practice, missing tabla(17:55) Part 2 - stage fright, working with other artists, motivations and digital music(34:19) Part 3 - Gharanas and evolution, preparing for the spontaneous, optimism as a tabla artist(48:50) ConclusionLearn more about Ojas at https://ojasadhiya.in/A couple of quick shout outs in this episode: first to Ganapati Bappa, next to one of the nicest listeners ever in Mrs. Madhuri Kolhatkar and her husband Kaustubh, and last to all you fantasy football people out there as a new season begins and my own team, the Chaddi Patrol sets out to win it all.